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About: Mental health is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 183794 publications have been published within this topic receiving 4340463 citations. The topic is also known as: mental wellbeing.


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TL;DR: A meta-analysis of 24 pertinent studies found no support for the preconception that religiousness is necessarily correlated with psychopathology, but also showed only slightly positioe corrtlates of rtligion as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: For many decades, lassitude and malaise hae afflieled the relationship btiween psychology and religion. Intemt and actioity in this rtlalionship are now being renewed, and old controoersies with ntID terms are resurfacing. This article rroiews the extensioe empirical literature on the topic and shows that rtligiosity is a compla phenomenon with numerouscorrtlates and consequencesthat defy simple inttrprtialions. A meta-analysis of 24 pertinent studies rroealed no support for the preconception that religiousness is necessarily correlated with psychopathology; but it also showed only slightly positioe corrtlates of rtligion. Sociological and psychiatric reports were more faoorable to religion. The data's ambiguities compare with those ambiguities that formerly charaelerized psychotherapy research. Beller specification of concepts and methods of measuring rtligiosity are alleoiating this problem. which suggests that ambiguous results ref/eel a multidimensional phenomenon that has mixed posit iDe and negatioe aspects. Aoeraging such dioerse factors generally yields unimpressioe findings. whereas using specificity promises clearer and more powerful results. Clinical education. practice, and research nud rroision so that professionals will be beller informed of the eoidence. more open to the study of such oariables. and more efficacious in their work with persons who approach life from a rtligious perspeelioe. In a recent article on psychotherapy and religious values, I indicated that a renascence of psychological interest in religion is occurring (Bergin, 1980a, 1980b). Value assumptions underlying clinical approaches are often considered alien by a large proportion of the population in treatment, who endorse more traditional religious perspectives. I argued that religion should be considered more systematically in personality theories and therapeutic interventions. Responses to these themes were numerous, divergent, and vigorous. The topic is not "dead," as was once lamented (Beit-Hallahmi, 1974), and a new National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) bibliography on the subject is now available (Summerlin, 1980). The present review considers the assertion by critics (Ellis, 1980; Walls, 1980) that religiosity is antithectical to emotional health and rationality, a view widely held in the clinical professions. Ellis (1980) stated this position bluntly and honestly:

527 citations

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TL;DR: Psychological interventions that reduce fear and improve sleep durations need to be made available to the home-quarantined university students, and graduating students and those in the worst-hit areas should be given priority focus.

526 citations

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TL;DR: The aim of the study is to examine the impact of labelling on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia and major depression.
Abstract: Objective: Aim of the study is to examine the impact of labelling on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia and major depression. Method: In Spring 2001, a representative survey was carried out in Germany involving adults of German nationality (n = 5025). Results: Labelling as mental illness has an impact on public attitudes towards people with schizophrenia, with negative effects clearly outweighing positive effects. Endorsing the stereotype of dangerousness has a strong negative effect on the way people react emotionally to someone with schizophrenia and increases the preference for social distance. By contrast, perceiving someone with schizophrenia as being in need for help evokes mixed feelings and affects people's desire for social distance both positively and negatively. Labelling has practically no effect on public attitudes towards people with major depression. Conclusion: Our findings illustrate the need for differentiation, differentiation between the different components of stigma as well as differentiation between the various mental disorders.

526 citations

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TL;DR: CSA adversely influences a number of adult developmental outcomes that span: mental disorders, psychological wellbeing, sexual risk-taking, physical health and socioeconomic wellbeing, and it is clear that accumulative adverse effects on adult developmental outcome are substantial.

525 citations

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TL;DR: Recession has significantly increased the frequency of mental health disorders and alcohol abuse among primary care attendees in Spain, particularly among families experiencing unemployment and mortgage payment difficulties.
Abstract: Background: Nearly all European countries have been affected by the economic crisis that began in 2007, but the consequences have been among the worst in Spain. We investigated the associations of the recession on the frequency of mood, anxiety, somatoform, alcohol-related and eating disorders among those visiting Spanish primary care settings. Methods: Primary care physicians selected randomized samples of patients attending primary care centres representing Spain's consulting populations. A total of 7940 patients in 2006–07 and 5876 in 2010–11 were administered the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) instrument to diagnose mental disorders. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to quantify overall changes in the frequency of mental disorders, adjusting for potential socio-demographic differences in consulting populations unrelated to economic factors. Results: Compared with the pre-crisis period of 2006, the 2010 survey revealed substantial and significant increases in the proportion of patients with mood (19.4% in major depression), anxiety (8.4% in generalized anxiety disorder), somatoform (7.3%) and alcohol-related disorders (4.6% in alcohol dependence), all significant at P < 0.001, but not in eating disorders (0.15%, P = 0.172). Independent of observed risks of unemployment [odds ratio (OR) = 1.72, P < 0.001], we observed a significantly elevated risk of major depression associated with mortgage repayment difficulties (OR = 2.12, P < 0.001) and evictions (OR = 2.95, P < 0.001). About one-third of the overall risk in the consulting population's attendance with mental health disorders could be attributed to the combined risks of household unemployment and mortgage payment difficulties. Conclusion: Recession has significantly increased the frequency of mental health disorders and alcohol abuse among primary care attendees in Spain, particularly among families experiencing unemployment and mortgage payment difficulties.

524 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20251
20244
202314,684
202229,980
202117,571
202014,764